JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J. Present writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner seeking quashing of the order dated 03.06.1982 whereby services of the Petitioner were terminated as well as the subsequent order of the Disciplinary Authority dated 15.05.2013 and order of the Appellate Authority dated 23.08.2016. Mandamus is sought directing the Respondents to treat the Petitioner in service from the date of termination and for consequential relief including arrears of salary and other emoluments.

2. Factual matrix to the extent necessary and relevant is that Petitioner was appointed on 26.05.1966 as Technical Assistant-cum-Grader by Respondent No.2 in the pay scale Rs.210-425. Petitioner states that his service record was throughout good from the date of appointment till 15.08.1980, when a memorandum was issued by Sh. N.S. Shilhotri, Senior Assistant Manager, alleging that Respondents' client M/s R.G. Navgoge had deposited 143 bags of cotton seed cakes by warehouse receipt No.081899 on 01.03.1980 and the entire quantity of the stock was delivered on 10.07.1980 but later a complaint was received that the stock was damaged and 18 bags out of 125 were left behind being damaged. The depo